Abstracts tagged "RCT"

Abstract Number: L4 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Efficacy of Sifalimumab, an Anti IFN-Alpha Monoclonal Antibody, in a Phase 2b Study of Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Munther Khamashta^1,2, Joan T. Merrill³, Victoria P. Werth^4,5, Richard Furie⁶, Kenneth Kalunian⁷, Gabor G. Illei⁸, Jorn Drappa⁸, Liangwei Wang⁸ and Warren Greth⁸, ¹Division of Women's Health, Graham Hughes Lupus Research Laboratory, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Lambeth Wing, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital London, London, United Kingdom, ³Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶North Shore-LIJ Health System, Lake Success, NY, ⁷UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁸MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Efficacy and safety of sifalimumab were assessed in a Phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled study in subjects with SLE (NCT01283139). Methods: Adults (n=431)…
Abstract Number: 2845 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
“Work It” Recruitment: Lessons Learned From An Arthritis Work Disability Prevention Randomized Trial
Rawan Alheresh¹, Saralynn H. Allaire², Michael P. Lavalley³, Mary Vaughan¹, Rebecca Emmetts¹ and Julie J. Keysor⁴, ¹Boston University Sargent College, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴Physical Therapy, Boston University Sargent College, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Participant recruitment is a critical component of randomized controlled trials, particularly large ones with long term outcomes like work disability. Recruitment needs to be…
Abstract Number: L14 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
For Remission Induction with Glucocorticoid Bridging, Methotrexate Monotherapy Is As Effective As a Combination with Other Dmards, with Fewer Reported Side Effects: 4 Month Primary Outcome of Carera, a Randomized Induction Strategy and Treat to Target Trial in Early RA
Diederik De Cock¹, Sabrina Meyfroidt¹, Johan Joly², Kristien Van der Elst^2,3, Rene Westhovens^4,5 and Patrick Verschueren^2,6, ¹Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²University Hospitals Leuven on behalf of the CareRA Study Group, Leuven, Belgium, ³Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴University of Leuven, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration; Rheumatology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁵Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁶1Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Intensive combination therapy with glucocorticoids (GCs) is the most favorable treatment to benefit from the window of opportunity in early Rheumatoid Arthritis (eRA) but…

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